Liquid dispenser



Jan. 20. 1925. 1,524,003

G. u. BRAKE LIQUID DISPENSER Filed March 13, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 20. 19251 Filed March 13 1922 G. U. BRAKE LIQUID DISPENSER 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE U. BRAKE, OF FORT VAYNE, INDIANA, ASSGNOR TO TOKHEIM OIL TANK .AND PUMP COMPANY, A COIRPOltA'lION` OF INDIANA.

LQUID DISPENSER.

Application filed March 13, 1922.

To all vri/7mm 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, Gnomes U. Brama, a citizen ot the United States ot America, and resident of Fort Nay/ine, in the county of Allen, and State of Indiana, have 'inrented certain new and useful improvements in Liquid Dispensers, ot' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in liquid dispensers of that class used `for stupplyiiig lubricating oil to automobiles, especially at the street curb and filling stations, where the dispenser is intended to be permanently installed out ot doors. It has been customary in constructing dispensers for lubricating oil, when intended for permanent installation at the street curb and out of doors at filling stations, to mount a pump upon a pedestal which is anchored to the ground and to connect the suction line ot the pump with a tank buried in the ground, from which oil is withdrawn as needed, by actuating the pump. Such constructions and installations require considerable time and expense preliminary to operation ot the dispensers, and the present invention is devised with the purpose of' economical construction and simplicity in the matter of its installation. Another object is to provide a self-contained oil dispensing unit in which is stored a quantity of oil to be dispensed in frac-tional portions` and having a sheltered pumping mechanism by which the oil is dispensed.

These objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanyino drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a dispenser embodying the present invention, the lower portion thereof being in central section:

Fig. 2 is a vertical section projected from Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the housing for the dispenser, portions thereof being shown broken away;

Fig. 4 is a detail view projected Jfrom Fig. 3, portions being broken away and in section;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the dispenser in modified forni; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical central section projecteol from Fig. 5.

The characters appearing in the description refer to parts shown in the drawings Serial No. 543,167.

and designated thereon by corresponding characters.

The invention comprises a pedestal 1 made in the forni of a cylindrical shell, the lower end of which is closed by a head 2. The pedestal has an external toot flange 3 at its lower end, and a capital casting 4 which closes its upper end.

Upon the capital 4 is mounted a pumping mechanism 5, the pump cylinder G of which depends through the casting into the pedestal. A suction pipe T connected with the pump cylinder extends within the pcdstal to a point near the bottom thereof and is provided with a foot valve 8.

A shelter or housing for the pumping mechanism is mounted upon the pedestal and consists of a. stationary semicircular shell 9 secured at its lower end to the capital 4 which constitutes the base ot the housing, and at its upper end to an annular flange 10 that depends from a dome 11. A pair of posts 12 are rigidly secured at their lower ends in the capital 4 and have supporting connection at their upper ends with the dome 11. The shell 9 partially incloses the space between the capital 4 and the dome, and a movable curved door 13, which is arranged concentrically within the shell 9, is provided for closing the gap between the side terminals of the shell 9. The door 13 is suspended from a. ring 14 to which the upper edge of the door is secured, and the ring has an external flange 15 that rests upon and is supported by the annular ange 10 of the dome. The lower edge of the door depends into an annular recess 4a in the capital and is retained therein by the adjacent wall of the shell 9, and has a. fixed ring 14 A lock 16 is positioned in an enlargement 17 of the flange 10, and a lug 18 on the ring 14 is adapted to be held between the bolt 19 of the lock and an upwardly projecting lug 20 on the flange 10 adjacent the lock when the door 13 is closed, and thus locking the door. Also, the door has a handle 21 that projects outwardly near one edge thereof and is adapted to limit the opening movement of the door by coming into contact with the corresponding edge of the shell 9. A cap-screw 22 in the dome immediately over the ring 14 in the vicinity of the lock prevents the door from being raised so as to 2 y Lea/.noos

dise-ngage the lug 18 onthe ring from locking engagement with the bolt 19.

The pumping mechanism has a crank-arm 23 provided with a handle 24 that has hinged connection with the crank-arm so that the handle may be swung inwardly out of range oit the door so as to permit closing of the door. Y

In the capital 4 is a removable .tillcap 25 and also a cap 26 for a gage member 27 that extends into the pedestal. The partieular construction ot the ll-eap and the,

' gage' eap is innnaterial to the present invention other than that they be adapted when in place to prevent foreign matter to pass into the per estal through the capital.

In the form ot the invention shown in Figs. and 6, the pedestal l is built with an extension l at its lower end, in which case the toot ring 3 is secured around the pedestal' at a point suitalily distant from the bottom thereof so that when the toot ring rests upon the surface of the ground the lower portion et the pedestal extends into an excavation made in the ground for its reception. In this manner the storing capacity of the pedestal is increased without necessitating the more extensive excavation required in burying a storage tank in the usual manner.

In each form ot the invention the pedestal constitutes the storage means for the dispenser and its capital also constitutes the base tor the housing for the pumping meehanism. In the one torni the dispenser including its storage means is installed above ground, while in the other form the dispenser is installed so that its storage means is partially above ground and partially imbedded in the ground.

In the operation ot the invention, the tilleap 25 is removed and the pedestal, or storage means, is filled with a` supply ot liquid to be dispensed, and the liquid thus stored is withdrawn by manipulating'the pumping mechanism in the usual manner.

lVhen is is desired to place the dispenser ten'iporarily out of service, the handle 2li ot the pumping apparatus is turned inwardly, and the door 13 is moved horizontally to closed position and locked, thus the space between the dome and the pedestal in which is contained the pumping mechanism is completely enclosed.

lllhat I claim is l. In a liquid dispensing unit, a storage means, a capital casting closing the upper end ot said means and having an annular recess in its upper portion; a pair ot posts secured in the capital and extending upwardly therefrom; a dome supported upon the tops oit said posts; an annular flange in connection with the dome; a semicireular shell secured at its lower edge to the capital and at its upper edge to said flange; a ring having bearing relation with. said flange; :t curved door, the upper end ot which is se eured to and. supported by the ring, and the lower end ot which extends into the recess in the capital and is retained therein by the adjacent all of said shell: and a pumping mechanism mounted upon the. eapital and having communication with the storage means.

2. In a liquid dispensing unit, a storage means forming also a pedestal; ay dome supported above and spaced apart trom the pedestal; a pumping means positioned in the space between the pedestal and dome and having a suction pipe connection with the storage means; an annular pendant Flange` in connection with the dome; a semieireular shell connecting the pedestal and flange; and a Curved door having an annular ring at its top and also at its bottom, and being suspended from said flange and eooperable with said shell for closing the space between the pedestal and dome. i

In testimony whercoit I aflix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

GEORGE U. BRAKE. lVitnesses GLEN R. lVELLs, E. J. GAwnI-IN. 

